| Netherlands at the 1920 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | NED |
| NOC | Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation |
| Website | www |
| in Antwerp | |
| Competitors | 130 in 15 sports |
| Medals Ranked 9th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
The Netherlands competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 130 competitors, 129 men and 1 woman, took part in 58 events in 15 sports. [1]
Four swimmers, including one woman, represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. None of the swimmers advanced to an event final.
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Swimmer | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Ko Korsten | 100 m free | 1:05.6 | 2 Q | Unknown | 7 | Did not advance | |
| Jean van Silfhout | 100 m free | 1:09.0 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
| Cor Zegger | 1500 m free | 24:58.0 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
| Swimmer | Event | Semifinals | Final | ||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Rie Beisenherz | 100 m free | 1:22.6 | 3 | Did not advance | |
The Netherlands competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the second time in 1920. A modified version of the Bergvall System was in use at the time. The Netherlands lost 2–1 to Belgium in the quarterfinals. Because Belgium eventually finished with the silver medal, the Dutch had a chance to play for the bronze. In the bronze medal quarterfinals, they defeated Czechoslovakia. They fell to Sweden in the bronze semifinals, however.
Belgium  | 2–1 |  Netherlands | Antwerp |
| Netherlands | 7–0 |  Czechoslovakia | Antwerp |
Sweden  | 9–1 | Netherlands | Antwerp |
The Netherlands sent eight archers in its second Olympic archery appearance. The Dutch archers competed in a single event, the team moving bird at 28 metres. Facing off against a Belgian team and a French team, the Netherlands squad took the gold medal.
| Archer | Event | Final | |
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| Score | Rank | ||
| Piet de Brouwer Joep Packbiers Janus Theeuwes Driekske van Bussel Jo van Gastel Tiest van Gestel Janus van Merrienboer Theo Willems | Team moving bird, 28 m | 3087 |  |
11 athletes represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in athletics. Paulen's seventh-place finish in the 800 metres was the country's best result in the sport to date.
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jan de Vries | 100 m | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Cor Gubbels | 3 km walk | — | Disqualified | Did not advance | |||||
| Albert Heijnneman | 100 m | 11.0 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
| 200 m | 25.4 | 2 Q | Disqualified | Did not advance | |||||
| Christiaan Huijgens | Marathon | — | Did not finish | ||||||
| Adje Paulen | 800 m | — | 1:58.4 | 4 Q | 1:57.8 | 3 Q | 1:56.3 | 7 | |
| August Schotte | 3 km walk | — | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
| Gerardus van der Wel | 5000 m | — | 9 | Did not advance | |||||
| Harry van Rappard | 100 m | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| 200 m | 23.7 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Oscar van Rappard | 110 m hurdles | — | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
| Hendricus Wessel | Marathon | — | 3:00:17.0 | 26 | |||||
| Cor Wezepoel | 100 m | 11.5 | 2 Q | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| 200 m | 23.3 | 2 Q | 23.3 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Jan de Vries Albert Heijnneman Harry van Rappard Cor Wezepoel | 4 × 100 m relay | — | 43.5 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
Eight boxers represented Netherlands at the 1920 Games. It was the nation's debut in boxing. None of the boxers made it past the quarterfinals.
| Boxer | Weight class | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / Bronze match | |
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| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Jan Hesterman | Middleweight | Bye |  Bradley (RSA)L | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Wim Hesterman | Featherweight |  Rankin (CAN)W |  Bouvy (BEL)L | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Johannes Heuckelbach | Welterweight |  Schannong (DEN)L | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Ko Janssens | Lightweight | N/A |  Cassidy (USA)L | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Paul Munting | Middleweight | Bye | Herscovitch (CAN) L | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Herman Nak | Lightweight | N/A |  Grace (GBR)L | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Nelis van Dijk | Flyweight | N/A | Pedersen (DEN) L | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Ted Zegwaard | Flyweight | N/A | Virtue (GBR) W | Cuthbertson (GBR) L | Did not advance | 5 | |
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Ten cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Peeters won the sprint event. Ikelaar took the bronze in the 50 kilometres, and added another bronze along with de Vreng in the tandem. The three medals were the first Olympic cycling medals for the Netherlands, and put the country in third place in the cycling leaderboard for the Games.
| Cyclist | Event | Final | |
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| Result | Rank | ||
| Nicolaas de Jong | Time trial | 5:06:46.6 | 25 |
| Petrus Ikelaar | Time trial | 4:46:54.0 | 8 |
| Pieter Kloppenburg | Time trial | 5:22:16.0 | 33 |
| Arie van der Stel | Time trial | 5:12:42.6 | 27 |
| Nicolaas de Jong Petrus Ikelaar Pieter Kloppenburg Arie van der Stel | Team time trial | 20:28:39.2 | 6 |
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Cyclist | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Repechage semis | Repechage final | Semifinals | Final | ||||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Tjabel Boonstra | Sprint | Unknown | 3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Franciscus de Vreng | Sprint | Unknown | 3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Petrus Ikelaar | Sprint | Unknown | 2 Q | Unknown | 3 R | Unknown | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| 50 km | N/A | Unknown |  | ||||||||||
| Anton Krijgsman | 50 km | N/A | Did not finish | ||||||||||
| Willem Ooms | 50 km | N/A | Did not finish | ||||||||||
| Maurice Peeters | Sprint | Unknown | 2 Q | 13.2 | 1 Q | Advanced directly | 12.6 | 1 Q | 13.0 | | |||
| Arie van der Stel | 50 km | N/A | Did not finish | ||||||||||
| Pieter Beets Tjabel Boonstra | Tandem | N/A | Unknown | 3 | N/A | Did not advance | |||||||
| Franciscus de Vreng Petrus Ikelaar | Tandem | N/A | 12.6 | 1 Q | N/A | Unknown | 2 B | Unknown | | ||||
| Pieter Beets Franciscus de Vreng Petrus Ikelaar Maurice Peeters | Team pursuit | N/A | Unknown | 2 | N/A | Did not advance | |||||||
A single equestrian represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Sirtema competed in the individual eventing competition, finishing in 20th place.
| Equestrian | Horse | Event | Final | |
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| Result | Rank | |||
| Idzard Sirtema | Good Shot | Eventing | 1035.00 | 20 |
Ten fencers represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. The country's best results were in the sabre competitions. De Jong won the bronze medal in the individual event and two others reached the final; it was the only individual event in which the team had any finalists. The sabre team also captured a bronze medal.
Ranks given are within the group.
| Fencer | Event | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Wouter Brouwer | Épée | 3–3 | 5 Q | 3–7 | 8 | Did not advance | |||
| Foil | N/A | 2–4 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Sabre | N/A | 3–4 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
| Adrianus de Jong | Épée | 6–2 | 2 Q | 6–4 | 4 Q | 4–7 | 8 | Did not advance | |
| Foil | N/A | 4–4 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Sabre | N/A | 5–2 | 3 Q | 5–1 | 2 Q | 6–5 | | ||
| Louis Delaunoij | Épée | 3–6 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
| Willem Hubert | Épée | 3–6 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
| Jan van der Wiel | Épée | 5–2 | 1 Q | 1–10 | 12 | Did not advance | |||
| Foil | N/A | 1–6 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
| Sabre | N/A | 6–2 | 1 Q | 3–3 | 3 Q | 6–5 | 5 | ||
| Félix Vigeveno | Épée | 2–6 | 8 | Did not advance | |||||
| Foil | N/A | 3–2 | 3 Q | 2–3 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Sabre | N/A | 2–5 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
| Henri Wijnoldij-Daniëls | Épée | 4–3 | 3 Q | 4–6 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| Sabre | N/A | 4–3 | 4 Q | 4–2 | 1 Q | 4–7 | 9 | ||
| Salomon Zeldenrust | Épée | 3–5 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
| Foil | N/A | 5–3 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Wouter Brouwer Adrianus de Jong Jan van der Wiel Félix Vigeveno Salomon Zeldenrust | Team foil [2] | N/A | 0–2 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
| Adrianus de Jong Louis Delaunoy Jetze Doorman Willem Hubert Jan van der Wiel Salomon Zeldenrust | Team sabre [2] | N/A | 5–2 | | |||||
| Adrianus de Jong Jetze Doorman Willem Hubert George van Rossem Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls Salomon Zeldenrust | Team épée [2] | N/A | 2–2 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
The Netherlands competed in the Olympic football tournament for the third time, winning its third straight bronze medal. The team had a fairly easy win over Luxembourg in the first round before requiring extra time to defeat Sweden in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, the Netherlands lost to eventual gold-medalist Belgium. This relegated the Dutch team to the consolation tournament for silver; they received a bye into the consolation final when France turned out to have left the Olympics. In the match for silver and bronze, the Netherlands were defeated by Spain to finish in third place.
| Netherlands | 3–0 |  Luxembourg |
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J. Bulder  30'Groosjohan 47'85' | Report |
| Netherlands | 5–4 (a.e.t.) | Sweden |
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| Groosjohan 10'57' J. Bulder 44'88' (pen.)de Natris 115' | Report | Karlsson 16'32' Olsson 20'Dahl 72' |
Spain  | 3–1 | Netherlands |
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| Sesúmaga 7'35' Pichichi 72' | Report | Groosjohan 68' |
BronzeTwelve rowers represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. None of the three Dutch boats advanced to the finals.
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Rower | Cox | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Frits Eijken | N/A | Single sculls | 7:50.0 | 1 Q | 7:50.4 | 2 | Did not advance | |
| Koos de Haas Bastiaan Veth | N/A | Double sculls | N/A | 7:24.8 | 2 | Did not advance | ||
| Robbert Blaisse Huibert Boumeester Johannes Haasnoot Willem Hudig Philip Jongeneel Frederik Koopman Bernard te Hennepe Johannes van der Vegte | Liong Siang Sie | Eight | 6:38.2 | 2 | Did not advance | |||
Eight sailors represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. The Dutch had their best possible result, with two gold medals and one silver. The two Dutch 12-footers were the only boats to contest that event, while the 6½ metre team defeated a French boat.
| Sailors | Class | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Total | ||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Petrus Beukers Arnoud van der Biesen | 12 foot | Unknown |  | ||||||
| Bernard Carp Johan Carp Petrus Wernink | 6½ metre (1919) | Unknown | | ||||||
| Cornelis Hin Frans Hin Johan Hin | 12 foot | Unknown | | ||||||
Fifteen shooters represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. Klaas Jan Pen competed, but it is not known in which event.
The Netherlands competed in the Olympic tug of war tournament for the first time in 1920, the final appearance of the sport in the Olympics. The Bergvall System was used in 1920. The Dutch beat Italy in the semifinals to advance to the final against Great Britain. There they lost to the British, and had to continue in the silver medal rounds. The Netherlands received a bye into the silver medal finals, where they beat Belgium to take the silver.
All matches were best-of-three pulls.
 Netherlands (NED) | 2–0 |  Italy (ITA) |
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| Great Britain (GBR) | 2–0 | Netherlands (NED) |
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| Belgium (BEL) | 0–2 | Netherlands (NED) |
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SilverFive weightlifters represented the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Ringelberg's fourth-place finish was the best of the year for the Dutch weightlifters.
| Weightlifter | Event | Final | |
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| Result | Rank | ||
| Pieter Belmer | 75 kg | 165.0 | 8 |
| Marinus Ringelberg | 75 kg | 225.0 | 4 |
| Joop Tijman | 60 kg | 185.0 | 9 |
| Wilhelmus van Nimwegen | 67.5 kg | 210.0 | 8 |
| Jan Welter | 82.5 kg | 230.0 | 7 |
Nine wrestlers, all in the Greco-Roman discipline, competed for the Netherlands in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. The Dutch wrestlers won no medals, but came close in a few instances. The format turned out to be particularly unfortunate for Jan Sint, who advanced to the final in the light heavyweight but finished without a medal after being defeated by Johansson in the final and losing again in the silver medal semifinal. Jaap Sjouwerman advanced to the heavyweight semifinals, but did not get a chance to compete for silver or bronze after his semifinal loss to an opponent who did not win gold or silver.
| Wrestler | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank |
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| Silver quarters | Silver semis | Silver match | |||||
| Bronze quarters | Bronze semis | Bronze match | |||||
| Barend Bonneveld | Heavyweight | Did not advance |  Ahlgren (SWE) (L) | Did not advance | 12 | ||
| Did not advance | |||||||
| Did not advance | |||||||
| Carl Coerse | Lightweight |  Bainconneau (FRA) (W) |  Halík (TCH) (W) |  Andersen (NOR) (L) | Did not advance | 10 | |
| Did not advance | |||||||
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| Johannes Eillebrecht | Middleweight | Westergren (SWE) (L) | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 | ||
| Bye |  Lindfors (FIN) (L) | Did not advance | |||||
| Balej (TCH) (W) | Perttilä (FIN) (L) | Did not advance | |||||
| Willem Leloux | Middleweight | Nielsen (DEN) (L) | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 | ||
| Did not advance | |||||||
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| Johannes Nolton | Lightweight | Lindberg (SWE) (L) | Did not advance | Did not advance | 18 | ||
| Did not advance | |||||||
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| Willem Roels | Featherweight | Boumans (BEL) (L) | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 | ||
| N/A | Did not advance | ||||||
| Did not advance | |||||||
| Jan Sint | Light heavyweight | Bye | Testoni (ITA) (W) | Snoeck (BEL) (W) | Wahlem (BEL) (W) | Johansson (SWE) (L) | 4 |
| N/A | Eriksen (DEN) (L) | Did not advance | |||||
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| Jaap Sjouwerman | Heavyweight | Did not advance |  Vergos (GRE) (W) | Nilsson (SWE) (W) | Ahlgren (SWE) (L) | Did not advance | 9 |
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| Johannes van Maaren | Featherweight | Gallery (USA) (L) | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 | ||
| N/A | Did not advance | ||||||
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Organized by the Dutch Korfball Association, two Dutch teams gave a korfball demonstration, with a match on 22 August in the Olympisch Stadion.
France competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 304 competitors, 296 men and 8 women, took part in 113 events in 23 sports.
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 234 competitors, 218 men and 16 women, took part in 84 events in 21 sports. British athletes won fourteen gold medals and 43 medals overall, finishing third. It would be the last Olympic Games in which Irish athletes participated under Great Britain, after foundation of Irish Free State in 1922.
Sweden competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 260 competitors, 247 men and 13 women, took part in 100 events in 18 sports.
Sweden competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 159 competitors, 146 men and 13 women, took part in 84 events in 15 sports.
The United States competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 288 competitors, 274 men and 14 women, took part in 113 events in 18 sports.
Norway competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 194 competitors, 188 men and 6 women, took part in 72 events in 16 sports.
Italy competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 174 competitors, 173 men and 1 woman, took part in 79 events in 18 sports.
Switzerland competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 77 competitors, all men, took part in 45 events in 13 sports.
Hungary competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, returning to the Olympic Games after not being invited to the 1920 Games because of the nation's role in World War I. 89 competitors, 86 men and 3 women, took part in 54 events in 12 sports.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It was the first time that the nation had competed at the Summer Olympic Games, after the republic was founded in 1918. Previously, Bohemia had competed at the Olympic Games from 1900 to 1912.
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 33 competitors, all men, took part in 14 events in 7 sports.
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 177 competitors, 168 men and 9 women, took part in 81 events in 17 sports.
Belgium was the host nation for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. 336 competitors, 326 men and 10 women, took part in 121 events in 23 sports.
Belgium competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 172 competitors, 166 men and 6 women, took part in 82 events in 17 sports.
Belgium competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 187 competitors, 176 men and 11 women, took part in 90 events in 15 sports.
Australia competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
Denmark competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 154 competitors, 150 men and 4 women, took part in 66 events in 14 sports.
The Union of South Africa competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 39 competitors, 38 men and 1 woman, took part in 34 events in 7 sports.
Greece competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 47 competitors, all men, took part in 34 events in 8 sports. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
Spain competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It was only the second appearance of the nation at the Summer Games, after competing in the 1900 Summer Olympics, but missing the Games in 1904, 1908, and 1912. 58 competitors, all men, took part in 29 events in 7 sports.